"GMO is associated with cancer, kidney failure and infertility. Before the gene is adopted, more investigations is required by the Government to ensure food is safe for consumption," said Ochieng.

He added that GMO will also affect pollination process in crops sice chemicals used in controlling pests kill bees.

Ochieng urged the Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organisation to promote ecological farming by blending scientific knowledge and indigenous farming.

But Secretary to the Kenya University Biotechnology Consortium Joel Ochieng said the current ban on GMOs had negatively affected food security.

Ochieng said debate around GMOs was often characterised by emotive and misleading information about purported dangers.

"There exists an international scientific consensus that the "genetic modification" process itself does not raise any risks over conventional breeding approaches," Ochieng said.

The ban on GMO foods was effected in November 2012, pursuant to a publication that claimed that the maize and Roundup glyphosate could cause tumours.

Deputy President William Ruto said in early August when he opened the annual Bio-Safety Conference at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies in Nairobi that the Government will lift the ban as consultations on GMOs have been concluded.